doctor applying face mask to a hospitalized patient. Hyponatremia and hypernatremia in patients hospitalized for COVID-19 are associated with increased odds of adverse outcomes. Patients hospitalized ...

Sodium, a vital electrolyte, plays crucial roles in maintaining osmotic pressure, fluid balance, and pH levels in bodily fluids. It's essential for nerve impulses and muscle contractions.

Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. Both high and low serum sodium levels are associated with adverse outcomes for hospitalized ...

HYPONATREMIA IS COMMON IN BOTH INPATIENTS and outpatients. Medications are often the cause of acute or chronic hyponatremia. Measuring the serum osmolality, urine sodium concentration and urine ...

When your liver is severely damaged, you can end up with cirrhosis that then contributes to hyponatremia, which is low blood sodium levels. When your liver is damaged, your body repairs the damage by ...

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Standards of practice should be established for postoperative IV solutions used to hydrate patients—particularly children. The standards should acknowledge that the administration of solutions with ...

Physicians may soon have a new way to help predict cancer at earlier stages. Interestingly, it may hinge on sodium levels. In a recent study, hyponatremia was associated with the subsequent diagnosis ...

Although exercise-associated hyponatremia has been reported in several studies, the effect of participation in long-distance triathlon races on plasma sodium levels is unknown. Prior studies have ...